Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 8450, Henry Eyman, Penn.

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13.290
Henry Lyman, of the State of Ohio. who was a Private in the Co. commanded by Capt. [?] of the Reg. commanded by [?] in the [?] months.
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio. at the rate of 40 Dollars 00. Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Warrant of Pension issued the 22 d day of June, 1833, and sent to Hon. W. Harris, Lancaster, Ohio.
From the 4th of March 33. - 80. 00 from allowance ending 4 Sept. 1833. - 20. 00 $100. =
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
by Wm. Palmer Clerk, Vol. 3. Page Seven,
aid at the [?] to Act of Mar 3 1838 from 1 st Sept 1838 to 4 months 1839. Aged Modified 20 Dec 1839.
Ev 11 11 11 11

The State of Ohio } Sub Franklin County }
On this 28 th day of May 1833
Personally came into open Court before the Honorable the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County, now sitting, Henry Eymann a resident of the said County of Franklin and State of Ohio aged twenty five years on the 26 th day of May last past who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832
That he was born in Germany, in Europe, in the year 1758 on the 26 th day of Jan y - That he emigrated with his Father to the new United States of America some time in the year 1763 and settled in Lancaster County in the State of Pennsylvania. That he volunteered and entered a Company, in the Town of Lancaster, in said last named County, to serve for the term of six months, which Company was attached to the regular army of the United States. Said Company was commanded by Capt. Geo. Graeff - Lieut. Conrad Bener - 2 d Lieut. Johnson was attached to the Reg t of Col. Cunningham and the whole commanded by Brig. Gen. Edward Hand
That in this Company he marched from Lancaster to Elyah's Town in the State of N. Jersey - from thence to Amboy and thence to Army Hill - from thence he passed over to Long Island when he was encamped at the cutting of N. Gorge by the British - from thence to the White Plains where he participated in the Battle that then took place between the forces of the U.S. and the British - and from thence to Brunswick where his term of six months service for which he had engaged expired. That the American Army

Still requiring their assistance, and the General officers as well as the officers of his own company desiring it, he with the greater portion of the said Company agreed to continue and serve other two months. That he continued about end of said last month at Brandywine in guarding and protecting the Country, from thence he was marched to Philadelphia where he was encamped two weeks - from thence he marched to Lancaster where he arrived about the expiration of his said latter term of two months.
That in sometime in May 1778 he was drafted and entered the service of the United States in the Pennsylvania Militia, in a Company commanded by Capt. Samuel Haire - Lieut. Henry Hartman and Ensign Geo. Develbaugh. He marched from Lancaster to the neighborhood of Brandywine where he served at his term of two months in protecting the Country from the depredations of the British then in Philadelphia, at which place he was discharged and returned home.
That in May 1779 he was again drafted for and served as aforesaid, during a like term of two months. The Company in which he served this time was commanded by the same officers as last aforesaid. He marched to Valley Forge where he continued to serve, acting occasionally on scouting parties until the expiration of his said term, when he was discharged & returned home to Lancaster.
Making in all twelve months that he served in the army of, and in defense of the United States.
That he removed from Lancaster to Berks County, in the State of Virginia in 1796 from thence he removed to his present residence in said County of Virginia in 1817.
That his age is regularly recorded in a Family Bible now in his possession, and that he

has no documentary evidence of his said services other than for the first six months, during which he was in the Flying Camp, regularly attached to the U.S. Army of which a Certificate from Col: Geo. Graff is hereto attached. He received no discharge or certificate on the other services nor does he know of any person now living and with him in which he could prove the same.
He hereby relinquishes any claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state to his knowledge.
Worn to and subscribed
this 28 th day of May 1833
Attest M. Z. Kreider Clk C. C. P.
per J. B. Hart Deputy
James H. Greene
We Jacob Myers a clergyman residing in the town of Lancaster in said County of Fairfield and Michael Brick also residing in said County do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Henry Elyman, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be about seventy-five years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed this day and year above said in open court. May Term 1833. Attest M. Z. Kreider Clk C. C. P. per J. B. Hart Deputy
Jacob Myers Michael Brick
And the said board, do hereby declare the opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department, that the above named applicant was a soldier of the Revolution and served as an officer. And the board further certifies that it appears to them that Jacob Myers who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman residing in Lancaster in the County of Fairfield and that Michael Brick, who has also signed the same is a resident

of said County, and is a entitled person, and that this statement is entitled to credit
I. M. G. French Clerk of the Court aforesaid, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the Application of Henry Eymann for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed seal this 28 th day of May A.D. 1833
M. LeKreder Clerk per J. B. Hart D. C.
Henry Eymann Pension Paper

13.290
Henry. Eyman Ohio
Adm 12/ Months
Hon. W. W. Irwin Lancaster Ohio

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
19 th June ~ 1833
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Henry Eymann. Fairfield Co Ohio
   Period when the service was rendered Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     1777. 6 pr Capt. Graft 75 years. Documentary and Traditionary   " 2 Col Cunningham Lancaster   1778 2 Gen Harkness Penn a   1779. 2 Capt. Haines "  
I am, respectfully;
Your obedient servant;
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I, _____ of the Court of _____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this _____ day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____, who has hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the _____ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his-

alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? { To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , in the militia, &c. without specifying the days, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[t] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Henry Eymann a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. S. F. 8450.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     1776 8 mos Pvt. Leo Graeff. Cunningham Pa   May 1778 2 " Samuel Haines ✓   May 1779 2 " Samuel Haines ✓  
Battles engaged in, White Plains
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Lancaster Co., Pa.
Date of application for pension, May 28, 1833. His ch. was ab.
Residence at date of application, Fairfield Co., Ohio.
Age at date of application, B. Jan. 26, 1758 in Germany.
Remarks: He emigrated with his father (where name is not stated) to America in 1763, and settled in Lancaster Co., Pa., whence he removed in 1796 to Rockingham Co., Va., and from there to Fairfield Co., Ohio, in 1817.
There is no data relative to wife or children.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

mrs L. B. McNAMEE 6530 ROSS AVENUE CHICAGO
Please send me a state- ment of the military history of Henry Eymann a soldier of the Revolutionary war- Residence at time of enlistment Lancaster co. Pennsylvania.
Sincerely Etta May McNamee g.g. grandchild

Lou E. Eyman, Druggist, Cor. Main and Columbus Streets.
Lancaster, Ohio, July 30 1917
Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
Dear Sir
Will you kindly send me complete war record of Harry Eyman who fought as a private to establish American Independence. Who enlisted under Capt. Geo Graeff. Colonel Cunningham and Samuel Haines of the State of Pennsylvania May 1778 to 1779. Was engaged in battle of White Plains.
Was granted a pension was in Captain Haines Company. First Battalion, of Lancaster County Pennsylvania Thanking you in advance I Remain Yours Very Truly Lou E. Eyman

Gymn OFFICE U. S. FEB 2 1917 PENSION

Rev. 1-26-20
OHIO BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION COLUMBUS
C. C. PHILBRICK, PRESIDENT T. E. DAVEY D. S. CREAMER E. H. RORICK E. F. BROWN, FISCAL SUPERVISOR-SECRETARY
MASSILLON STATE HOSPITAL MASSILLON, OHIO H. C. EYMAN, SUPERINTENDENT
Jan. 31, 1917.
W. M. Seltzgabet, Dept. of the Interior, Washington, D.C.
Dear sir:-
In reply to your letter of January, thirtieth, will say that Henry Eyman, also spelt Eyeman, was a private in Capt. Samuel Henry's Company of the First Battalion of Lancaster County Militia, Pa., commanded by Col. George Stewart. He lived in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania and moved to Rockingham county, Virginia in 1817.
He was born Jan. 26, 1758 and died April 26, 1850 and was married to Mary Sager.
Thanking you for the information, Respectfully, (Miss) Ethel C. Eyman State Hospital, Massillon, Ohio.

1917. Feb. 12. History to Ethel C. Eysman. Fr
1917. Aug. 8. History to Lou E. Eysman. Fr.
1922. Aug. 21. Hist. to Mrs. L. B. McNamee. mr.
Rev. War
8450
INVALID.
File No. 8450
Henry Eysman Print Rev. War
Act: June 7 th 1832.
Index: Vol. 101 , Page 118
[Arrangement of 1870.]

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
Dec. 13 th , 1839.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Henry Synan, — a Pensioner on the Roll of the Ohio — Agency, at the rate of Forty Dollars and  Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1802, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept. 1838, to the 4 th March 1839.
Respectfully, yours,
William B. Paton Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.

Henry Lyman - Pa. S. Hill 8450.

Lancaster Decemb. 27 th 1871
This is to Certify that Henry Eymann has served in my Company for six months as a private Soldier in Col. Cunningham's Regt. flying Camp.
Geo. Graeff Cap tn